Bag-frame and hinge.



J. S. ISIDOR.

BAG FRAME AND HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1910.

Patented J an. 27, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

WETNESSESI IT I STATES PATENT OFFQ.

JOSEPH S. ISIDOR, OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO R. NEUMANN HARDWARE 00., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME AND HINGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn S. Ismon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Frames and Hinges; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements in bag-frames; and, this invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of bag-frame and hinge-construction therefor, the hinge-members forming integral portions of the bagframe sections, and one of said integral hinge-members being formed with a peculiarly bent part providing a catch or holding portion adapted to be brought into slidable, but separable, holding engagement with the spring-like member when the framesections have been opened, so as to retain the sections of the bag-frame open, but still permits of the closing of the same.

The invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed bag-frame, the frame-sections of which are provided with hinge-members forming integral parts of the said framesections, all arranged to do away with the additional cost of construction in making independent hinges for the frame-sections; and, furthermore, to avoid the additional cost and labor in attaching such hinges to the frame-sections, as heretofore.

The invention has for its further object to provide a novel means for retaining the bagframe sections in their opened relation, said means being arranged and constructed in such a manner, so that the opened bagframe sections can be easily and quickly closed without any further operation on the part of the operator.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

lVith the various objects of the present invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel bag-frame and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 6, 1910.

Patented Jan. 2'7, 191-1.

Serial No. 575,906.

hinge-connection therefor, and hereinafter set forth; and. the invention consists, furthermore, in the details of the construction of the parts of the said bag-frame and its h1ngeconnection more fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a bagframe and its hinged connections made according to and embodying the principles of the pres ent invention, the frame-sections being shown in their opened relation; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, said section being taken on line 22 in said Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow :0, and Fig. 3 is a similar sectional representation, but showing the two bag-frame sections in their closed relations. Fig. i is a detail view, made on an enlarged scale, of one of the hinged joints of the bag-frame sections; Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section, taken on line 55 in said Fig. 4:, looking in the direction of the arrow 12 and Fig. 6 is a similar section, taken on line 6-6 in said Fig. 4, also looking in the direction of the arrow y.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates one form of complete bag-frame comprising a pair of frame-sections, and hinged connections forming integral portions of the said frame-see tions, all made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention.

Each frame-section consists, essentially, of two main portions 2 and 3, the main portion 2 being formed with a pair of leg-portions 4 and 5, which extend from each end portion of the part '2, and at right angles thereto; and, the main body-portion 3 being also formed with a pair of leg-portions 6 and 7 which extend from. the ends of said bodyportion 3 and at right angles thereto, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

As shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, the leg-portions 0 and 7 of the main body-portion 3 are both cut away, as at 8, and each portion is formed with an upwardly extending part 9 which is bent into a curved portion formed with a downwardly extending part 11 and then with a rearwardly and upwardly inclined portion 12. The parts 11 and 12' provide a suitably formed extension, as 13-, which forms a holding catch for the purposes to be presently more fully described. Connected with each rearwardly and upwardly inclined portion 12 is a part 14, and connected with this part is another portion 15, the said parts 14 and 15 being bent against and registering with the lower surface portions respectively of the parts 19 and 1 7 of the leg portio-ns 6 and 7. g

The leg-portions l and 5 of the main body-portion 2' are cut away, as at 18, and each portion 19 of the said frame-sections 1 and 5 is formed with an upwardly extending part 20 which is bent in the form of a loop or eye 21 and is provided with the rearwardly and downwardly extending portion 22 and the part 23', said portion 22 register ing with the lower surface of the part 20, and the part 23 registering with the lower surface of the part 19 of the frame-sections 4 and 5 respectively. These parts are suitably secured in their operative positions by means of suitable rivets, as 24, by means of which is secured also to the under side of each part 23 a flat leaf-spring 25, each leafspring being formed with a forwardly and upwardly and slightly curved spring-tongue 26, which, as will be noticed from an inspection of Figs. 2, 3 and 5 of the drawings, is in slidable engagement with the parts 11 and 13. In constructing these several parts hereinabove described, in the manner shown more particularly in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, suitable hinged eyes or loops are provided in which may be placed suitable rivets or pivots, as 527, the respective endportions of which are formed with enlargements, and by means of which the respective leg-portions of the two body-portions 2 and 3, are pivotally connected so that they will operate in the manner of any usual hinged connection.

The slidable arrangement of the springtongues 26- with the parts 11 and 13 will be clearly evident from an inspection of the several figures of the drawings, and it will be clearly understood, when the bag-frame sections are brought into their opened relation, that the extensions 13 of the respective frame-sections will slide into the positions shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawings, the ei'igagements of the said extensions with the spring-tongues being such that when the bag frame-sections are opened they will be fully and positively retained in such opened relations. It will also be evident from the arrangement and construction of the parts that after the framesect-ions have been opened they can be readily closed without the least danger of destroying the operativeness and usefulness of the hinged connections. 7

From the foregoing description of the present invention, it will be clearly evident Ithat a neat and simply constructed bagframe has been produced, the hinged connections of which form integral parts of the respective frame-sections, so that a much stronger, and at the same time a cheaper construction is the result; and, furthermore, a better and much more neatly finished hinged connection is produced, there being no raised parts which form obstructions as heretofore and prevent a neat finish of the usual leather coverings employed with bag-frames.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangements and combinations of the various parts without departing from the scope of my present invention as Set forth in the foregoing description, and as defined in the clauses of the claim, which are appended to the said specification. Hence, I do not limit my presentinvention to the exact arrangen'ients and combinations of the various parts as described in the foregoing specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim:

A bag-frame coin-prising a pair of sheetmetal frame-sections, each frame-section being provided with hinge-members forming integral portions of the said frame-sections, said hinge-members being bent inwardly and outwardly to form pintle receiving portions, and then rearwardly upon the outer face portions of said frame-sections, one of said hinge-members being provided with an integrally formed angularly shaped extension all arranged to form a hingeeye of triangular configuration, and a spring-like element connected with the other hinge-member, said spring-like element having a portion in slidable holding engagement with the said triangular hinge-eye, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 1th day of August, 1910.

JOSEPH S. ISIDOR.

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